Block Grant 2020RJBX0007

The Wisconsin Department of Justice will receive $662,768 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding supports implementation of the Justice Counts criminal justice data initiative in Wisconsin from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, the Department of Justice Wisconsin as sub-awardee will work to expand an existing criminal justice data consolidation project. This includes making interactive...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice will receive $786,717 under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Formula Grant program administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to support youth development and juvenile justice system improvements from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. As the designated state administering agency, WI DOJ will partner with the Governor's Juvenile Justice Commission to direct funding towards evidence-based and trauma-informed...

The Higher Education Aids Board Wisconsin received a $115,742 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program. The grant aims to reduce student loan debt as a deterrent for qualified public defenders and prosecutors continuing their service in Wisconsin communities. The Higher Education Aids Board partners with the Wisconsin Public Defender's Office and State Prosecutors...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.812 - Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative), will fund the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Youth Crisis Stabilization and Detention Reentry Program. The $825,000 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, aims to improve mental health and substance use disorder assessment, treatment, and reentry services within juvenile detention centers (JDCs) across Wisconsin. The program will train...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice will use this $143,212 block grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance programs implementing the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) portion of the Adam Walsh Act. Funds will support developing and strengthening sex offender registration and notification programs consistent with Title I of the Act, known as SORNA. The award period is from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023....

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (WI DOJ) was awarded a $783,955 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.554). The funding will support a 2-year project to enhance the utility and completeness of Wisconsin's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system. Key activities include: Creating technical documentation on the flow of prosecution data into the CCH and expanding tools to identify unsubmitted arrest...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the State of Wisconsin a $2.792 million Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) Block Grant for the period of October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2022. The grant funds seven county criminal justice agencies and multi-jurisdictional drug task forces to support reentry services, pretrial programs, and drug enforcement initiatives. Specifically, sub-awards were provided to counties...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $208,347, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550). The award supports two key projects for the Wisconsin Department of Justice (WI DOJ): A core capacity project to enhance WI DOJ's research infrastructure, including migrating their data collection tool to the cloud and incorporating additional criminal justice data sources,...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice received a $1,571,061 Formula Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) for the period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. This funding will allow the state's two accredited DNA forensic laboratories to enhance their capacity and efficiency in processing DNA samples for state and local law enforcement agencies. Specifically, the grant will be used to support activities such as attending national...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice was awarded a $1.4 million Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. Funds will support Wisconsin's two accredited DNA laboratories to increase analysis capacity, reduce turnaround times, and help address the growing backlog. Specifically, the Wisconsin Division of Forensic Sciences will use the...